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The Book Of The New Sun: Volume 1: Shadow and Claw
Gene Wolfe
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Description for The Book Of The New Sun: Volume 1: Shadow and Claw
Paperback. The first two volumes of Gene Wolfe's magnificent, award-winning The Book of the New Sun. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 416.
An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous, ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or does Fate have ... Read more
An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous, ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or does Fate have ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473216495
SKU
V9781473216495
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Ref
99-96
About Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) Gene Wolfe was born in New York in 1931 and raised in Texas. After serving in the Korean War he graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston and worked in engineering until becoming an editor of a trade periodical, Plant Engineering, in 1972. Following his retirement in 1984, he wrote full-time. The author of ... Read more
Reviews for The Book Of The New Sun: Volume 1: Shadow and Claw
One of the great science fantasy epics of all time - George R.R. Martin A masterpiece. Totally original, new, incomparable; the beginning of something great. - Ursula Le Guin The first two volumes of one of the greatest novels ever written - Kim Stanley Robinson